Ragnarok The New World Mount Taming Guide - How to Tame Creatures

Mount Taming Guide

Mount taming is one of the most rewarding exploration systems in Ragnarok The New World, allowing players to capture and ride creatures found throughout the open world of Midgard. The mount system provides both practical transportation benefits and cosmetic prestige, with each mount offering unique visual designs and movement characteristics. This guide covers the complete taming process, from obtaining taming items and locating tameable creatures to the mechanics of the taming minigame and strategies for capturing rare and elusive mounts.

The mount system in Ragnarok The New World differs from traditional pet systems by focusing on transportation rather than combat assistance. Mounts provide movement speed bonuses on the ground and flight capability for flying mounts, significantly reducing travel time between locations. While mounts cannot be used in combat, the time savings from faster travel between farming spots, dungeon entrances, and quest locations makes mount acquisition a meaningful progression goal for every player.

Taming Mechanics

How Taming Works

Mount taming requires a specific taming item corresponding to the creature type you want to capture. When you approach a tameable creature with the correct taming item in your inventory, an interaction prompt appears. Using the taming item initiates a taming minigame where you must successfully complete a sequence of actions within a time limit. The minigame difficulty varies based on the mount's rarity, with common mounts requiring simple inputs and rare mounts demanding precise timing.

Taming Minigame Details

The taming minigame involves a series of quick-time events that appear on screen. Successful inputs fill the taming progress bar, while missed inputs reduce progress. The progress bar must reach 100% before the timer expires to successfully tame the mount. Higher-rarity mounts have more input sequences, tighter timing windows, and longer total minigame duration, making preparation and focus essential for rare captures.

Taming Success Rate

Base taming success rates vary by mount rarity:

Failed taming attempts consume the taming item, making rare mount attempts expensive for players who need multiple attempts. Stockpile taming items before attempting rare captures to avoid frustrating interruptions.

Taming Items and Acquisition

Common Taming Items

Common taming items are available from NPC vendors in major cities like Prontera and Izlude. The low cost makes these items essentially free, allowing unlimited attempts on common mounts without economic impact.

Rare Taming Items

Rare taming items are significantly more expensive and may require specific content completion to obtain. The MVP mount taming guide covers the rarest taming items obtained through boss encounters.

Tameable Mount Locations

Prontera Region

The area around Prontera contains several common mounts suitable for beginner taming practice. Poring Mounts spawn in the fields south of the city, and Wolf Mounts appear in the forested regions to the east. These locations are safe from aggressive high-level monsters, making them ideal for first-time taming attempts.

Desert Region

The desert zones host unique desert-themed mounts including the Sand Crawler and Desert Hawk. These creatures appear in specific locations within the desert biome and require Desert Bait for taming. The desert region also connects to the Desert Ruins dungeon, making mount hunting a convenient activity while waiting for dungeon groups.

Mountain and Sky Regions

Mountain regions contain flying mount spawn points that are only accessible at higher character levels. These elevated locations require either a flying mount to reach or completion of a specific climbing questline. The flying mounts guide covers these elevated locations in detail, including the free wing unlock quest that provides your first flight capability.

Taming Strategy

Preparation Checklist

Before attempting any taming, ensure you have the following:

1. The correct taming item for your target mount
2. At least three backup taming items for rare attempts
3. Cleared inventory space for the mount item
4. No aggressive monsters near the taming location
5. Buff foods that improve interaction speed (if available)

Rare Mount Hunting Tips

Rare mounts spawn on timers similar to MVP monsters, appearing at specific locations after fixed cooldown periods. Track spawn timers by recording when you see or miss a rare mount at a known location. Community resources and guild channels often share spawn timer information for popular rare mounts.

When camping a rare mount spawn, position yourself at a distance that provides clear visibility of the spawn point while remaining outside the aggro range of nearby field monsters. This prevents interruptions during the taming minigame from random monster attacks. If the spawn location is in a dangerous area, clear all nearby monsters before the expected spawn time and monitor for respawns while waiting.

Minigame Performance Optimization

The taming minigame's quick-time events follow predictable patterns based on mount rarity. Common mounts present simple single-button inputs with generous timing windows of approximately 2 seconds. Rare mounts feature multi-button sequences with 1-second windows, and MVP mounts demand frame-precise inputs with windows under 0.5 seconds. Understanding these patterns allows you to prepare mentally for the difficulty level before initiating the attempt.

Several practical techniques improve minigame success rates. First, disable any UI overlays or notifications that might distract you during the minigame sequence. Second, position your hands comfortably on the keyboard before starting — the taming minigame does not pause for repositioning once started. Third, focus on the center of the screen where input prompts appear rather than watching the mount animation, which is purely visual and provides no gameplay information. Players who watch the animation instead of the prompts consistently miss inputs on rare and epic attempts.

Mount Collection Strategy

Build your mount collection systematically by starting with common mounts for practice, then progressing to uncommon and rare mounts as your taming confidence grows. Each successful tame unlocks the mount in your collection interface, allowing you to summon it from any location. The exploration tips guide covers mount-optimized travel routes between taming locations.

Taming Economics

The cost of taming varies dramatically by mount rarity. Common mounts cost essentially nothing, with taming items priced at 500-2,000 Zeny from NPC vendors. Uncommon mounts require investment in NPC items plus some travel time to reach spawn locations. Rare mounts represent a significant economic commitment, as each taming attempt consumes items worth 50,000-100,000 Zeny from the Auction House, and multiple attempts are statistically likely before a successful capture.

Budget-conscious players should calculate the expected cost before beginning rare mount hunting. At a 30% success rate with 75K Zeny per attempt, the expected cost for a rare mount is approximately 250K Zeny (3-4 attempts on average). Epic mounts at 10% success with similar item costs push the expected investment to approximately 750K-1M Zeny. Compare this cost against the value of the mount's time savings and prestige to determine whether the investment aligns with your priorities. The Zeny farming guide covers income strategies for funding expensive taming attempts.

Mount Benefits and Usage

Ground Mount Benefits

Ground mounts provide movement speed bonuses ranging from +15% for common mounts to +30% for rare mounts. While mounted, your character moves faster between locations, reducing travel time for daily activities. You cannot attack or use skills while mounted and must dismount before engaging in combat.

Flying Mount Benefits

Flying mounts provide the same ground speed bonus plus the ability to fly, accessing elevated locations and bypassing ground obstacles. Flight dramatically changes how you navigate Midgard, allowing direct paths between locations that would require circuitous ground routes. The flying mounts guide covers flight controls and aerial navigation.

Account-Wide Access

Mounts are bound to your account rather than individual characters. Once tamed, a mount is available to all classes through the Job Freedom system. This means investing in a rare mount benefits every class configuration equally, making mount hunting an efficient use of time regardless of which class you currently play.

FAQ

How do I start taming mounts?

Visit an NPC vendor in Prontera to purchase basic taming items, then travel to a tameable creature location such as the Poring fields south of the city. Approach a tameable creature and use the taming item to begin the minigame. The beginner guide covers the initial steps for new players.

Are taming items consumed on failed attempts?

Yes, taming items are consumed whether the attempt succeeds or fails. This makes rare mount taming potentially expensive, as you may need multiple taming items before a successful capture. Stockpile taming items before attempting rare mounts to avoid supply interruptions during hunting sessions.

Can I tame MVP mounts through the standard taming system?

No, MVP mounts are obtained through MVP drops, not the standard taming system. When an MVP drops a mount item, using that item directly tames the mount without the standard minigame. See the MVP mount taming guide for details on which MVPs drop mount items.

Do mounts provide any combat bonuses?

Mounts in Ragnarok The New World provide only transportation and cosmetic benefits. They do not increase combat statistics, provide passive buffs, or enhance skill performance. Their value comes from time savings through faster travel and the visual prestige of collecting rare mounts.

How many mounts can I own simultaneously?

There is no limit to the number of mounts you can collect. Each tame adds a permanent entry to your mount collection interface. You can switch between owned mounts freely from any location. The collection interface also displays mount information including movement speed, acquisition method, and visual preview.

What is the fastest way to get a flying mount?

The fastest free path to a flying mount is completing the free wing unlock quest, which becomes available at a moderate character level. This quest provides a basic flying mount as a reward. For premium flying mounts, participate in MVP hunting for rare drops or purchase mount items from the auction house using Zeny earned through stall trading.